A growing majority of Americans want greater government spending on health care, and the increase is being driven by both Democrats and Republicans.

Colleen Barry, Associated Press | PostedMar 21st - 10:47am

At the heart of Chinese Premier Xi Jingping's visit to Rome beginning Thursday is a key prize: A deal to make Italy the first major democracy to join China's ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure project that has raised concerns about Beijing's growing economic clout.

The Associated Press | PostedMar 21st - 10:19am

The Latest on the Ethiopian plane crash (all times local):

Elias Meseret, Associated Press | PostedMar 21st - 9:53am

Ethiopian Airlines said Thursday that its pilots went through all the extra training required by Boeing and the U.S. aviation regulators to fly the 737 Max 8 jet that crashed this month, killing all 157 people on board.

The Associated Press | PostedMar 21st - 9:43am

Federal investigators say a trash truck driver was likely under the influence of marijuana and anti-seizure medication when his vehicle was struck by an Amtrak train carrying Republican lawmakers in Virginia last year.

An American security contractor at the center of a mysterious case roiling Haitian politics says that he and a group of fellow veterans were sent to Haiti on a mission to protect a businessman signing a more than $50 million contract at the country's central bank.